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BICYCLE SUPPORT.

No. 592,472. Patented 001:

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REMIGIO LO FORTE, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFIUATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,472, dated October 26, 1897.

Application filed August 13, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REMIGIO L FORTE, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to supporting devices for bicycles-that is to say, to devices which will maintain a bicycle at rest in an upright position.

To this end my invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

My invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of a bicycle, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side detail view showing my device swung into its elevated position. Fig. 3 is a an enlarged front view of my device partly in section. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of my device, showing it attached toa bicycle in a manner different from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents the structure shown in Fig. 5 let down for use. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of the lower portions of the bifurcated rest, showing particularly the means for locking the arms of the rest together.

In the drawings forming part hereof, A is the spring-snap joint, which is shown in Fig. 2 as attached to the inclined tube or rod of the bicycle-frame B by means of a clamp C at the lower end of the said tube. This joint is shown as comprising in the present instance a grooved or recessed ball a, secured to the clamp O and gripped on opposite sides by a fork comprising springy rods b b, which are united by a yoke c, from which projects a bit cl. Surrounding this bit is a sleeve or shank c, which is adjustable up and down on the bit and held thereto by a setscrew f. The shank e is shown as grooved or recessed at its end with a recess g, which recess serves for the reception of the ends of adjustable rods or legs h, which are pivoted in the shank e by the pivot i and sprung apart by the spring j. The shank and the pivoted arms, together with the bit d, in the present instance constitute the rest.

Referring particularly to Fig. 7, it will be noted that the pivoted rods or tubes h are Serial No. 602,680. (No model.)

provided one with a pivoted fish-tail dog 7.:

and the other with a locking recess Z, (see Fig. 7,) whereby the said arms or tubes may be swung together and locked in substantial parallelism when the device is swung up out of use. It is not necessary that the rest should consist of but two pivoted tubes or rods. I prefer, however, that the rest should be bibifurcated, so as to present at least two points of support, the wheel of the machine serving as the third point of support or the third member of the tripod, and, if necessary, the other wheel of the bicycle forming a fourth support.

Various modes of attaching my support may be employed-Tor instance, that shown in Fig. 4, wherein the attaching device and the entire support are contained within one of the tubes of the bicycle, the said attaching device being secured to the inner wall of the tube, and the tube being cut away between the pointsl and 2 to permit the entry and withdrawal of the support from the tube, the rest swinging on the ball A as a pivot. Any possible weakening of the structure of the tube by cutting away the wall may be compensated for by placing blocks 3 4 5 at suitable places in the tubes. These blocks may be of any desired size and spaced in any suitable manner. The spring snap joint serves to maintain the rest in the position in which it is swung, but to make sure that the rest will not fall down I may in some cases provide the tube of the bicycle with a clamping-spring, (shown in Figs. 2 and 5,) as a spring m, which spring will embrace the bit d or other suitable portion of the device to hold the same up in position.

The operation of my device will be obvious from the construction and the foregoing descriptionthat is to say, the device when the bicycle is in motion may be swung up into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4-and when the bicycle is at rest the device may be swung down to form a rest or support for the bicy ole. It will likewise be obvious that this device may be made of various materials, so that I do not limit myself to the materials, and it will likewise be obvious that it may be adjusted to various sizes and makes of wheels, it being merely necessary to telescope the parts by the means provided for that purjoint, a sleeve or shank e surrounding the said bit and adjustable up and down on the same,a plurality of legs h adjustable in length and pivoted to said sleeve so as to swing in parallel planes in order to form a bifurcated rest and a dog kpivoted in one of the adjustable legs h, the other of the said legs being provided with a locking-recessl adapted to be engaged by the dog it, the adjustable legs being adapted to be separated so as to extend at right angles to the plane of the frame of a bicycle.

2. In a bicycle-support, the combination of a clamp C, a spring-snap joint connected thereto, the same consisting of a recessed ball a secured to the clamp O, a fork comprising springy rods 19 b gripping the opposite sides of the recessed ball, ayoke cuniting the said springy rods, a bit d projecting from the yoke c, a sleeve or shank e surrounding the said bit and adjustable up and down on the said bit,a set-screw for lockin g the shank or sleeve e in place on the bit d, a plurality of extensible legs h pivoted to the shank or sleeve 6, a spring j adapted to separate the said legs so that they form a bifurcated rest, a dog is pivoted to one of the said extensible legs, the other of the said legs being provided With a recess Z for looking with the pivoted dog, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

REMIGIO LO FORTE. Witnesses:

GEO. E. MORSE, HARRY M. TURK. 

